Exhibit 99.03
SIGNIFICANT FACTORS IMPACTING EPS (NOTES)
3 Months Ended December 12 Months Ended December
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2003 2002 Change 2003 2002 Change
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Consolidated Earnings Excluding One-Time Items- $ 0.22 $ 0.23 $(0.01) $1.97 $1.86 $0.11
Significant Factors:
Retail Business 0.03 0.04
Competitive Generation - 0.08
Synthetic Fuels 0.01 0.03
Leasing Business - 0.01
Parent Company and Other (0.05) -
Impact of Additional Shares - (0.05)
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Total $(0.01) $0.11
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Notes
- - Excludes a one-time after tax gain of $88 million in May 2003 from the
previously announced termination of all long-term wholesale power
contracts between Southern Company and Dynegy, Inc. After adjusting for
revenues that otherwise would have been recognized for the remainder of
the year, the adjusted gain for 2003 is $83 million.
- - Excludes a regulatory expense of $37 million, after taxes, for
Mississippi Power recorded in December, 2003.
- - Quarterly Earnings Per Share (EPS) is computed by using the current
year-to-date EPS less the previous period year-to-date EPS. As a result
of using rounded numbers, the EPS for significant factors may not
directly correspond to the variance in millions of dollars shown above.
- - Diluted earnings per share are not more than 1 cent for any period
reported above and are not material.
- - Certain prior year data has been reclassified to conform with current
year presentation.
- - Information contained in this report is subject to review and
adjustments and certain classifications may be different
from the final results published in the Form 10-K.